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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Harvey L. Jones,
Milan Farmer Dies
Harvey L. Jones, 62, of
Route 2, Milan, died at his
home early Saturday morning.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Sweet
Home Baptist Church with
burial in the church cemetery.
Mr. Jones was born in
Wheeler County but had lived
In Dodge County most of his
life. He was a farmer and a
member of Mt. Ararat Free
Will Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. H alley L Jones; a son,
John Robert Jones of Eastman;
a sister, Mrs. Rozelle Nichol
son of Eastman; a brother,
Monroe Jones of Dublin.
Horne Funeral Home of
Eastman was in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Mable Little
Dies In Alamo
Mrs. Mable Little, 59, of
Alamo, died Sunday, Sept. 3,
at her home after a short
Illness.
She was a native of Mont
gomery County and a member
of Macedonia Church of God
and Christ.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Lillie Mae James of
Alamo; a son, Sgt. Leroy Little
of Ft. Jackson, S.C.; and 12
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Sunday, September
10, at Macedonia Church of
God and Christ. Burial was
In Alamo Cemetery.
Smalley’s Funeral Home of
Vidalia was in charge of ar
rangements.
Morice G. Selph
Dies In Hazlehurst
Morice Genlce Selph, in
fant daughter of Ms. and Mrs.
Stanley Selph of Hazlehurst,
died Sunday, September 3, in
Talmadge Memorial Hos
pital in Augusta. Grave
side services were held
Thursday, September 7, a*
2 p.m. in Hazlehurst
Cemetery.
Survivors other than par
ents include a brother, Glenn
Selph of Hazlehurst; grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grady
Hand and Mr. and Mi’s. Her-
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man Selph, all of Hazlehurst;
great grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hand of Plant
City, Fla., Mr. and Mrs.
Lucian Calhoun of Lumber
City, and Mr. and Mrs. Geor
ge Foskey of Hazlehurst.
Mlles Funeral Home of
Hazlehurst was in charge of
local arrangements.
J. I. Brown, Jr.
Dies In Alma
Funeral services for Jarrett
Isaac Brown, Jr., 68, who
died Tnursday, September 7,
at his residence at Sun City
Court In Alma, were held Fri
day afternoon, September 8,
at 3:00 o’clock from the Chapel
of Harris and Smith Funeral
Hom with the Rev. H. C.
Miller of Helena, officiating.
Burial followed in Erick
Cemetery with Harris and
Smith in charge of arrange
ments.
Mr. Brown was born in
Dodge County on November
28, 1903, the son erf the late
Jarrett Isaac and Anna Hardi
son Brown.
Survivors include two sis
ters, Mrs. Earl C, Slaughter
of Norfolk, Nebraska, and Mrs.
Richard Haslett of Atlanta;
two nieces and one nephew.
Bernie Abt Dies
in Wheeler Hospital
Bernie Abt, 81, died in the
Wheeler County Hospital in
Glenwood Saturday after an
extended illness. Graveside
services were held in Mi.
Vernon city cemetery at 4
p.m. Monday.
Mi'. Abt was a lifetime resi
dent of Montgomery County, a
retired carpenter, a member
of Mt. Vernon United Method
ist Church, and a member of
Aural Masonic Lodge in Aft.
Vernon for over 50 years.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Pearl Meeks Abt; a
sister, Mrs. Rosa Lynn of
Atlanta; two brothers, Louis
Abt and C. A. Abt, both of
Mt. Vernon.
Sammons Funeral Home of
Soperton was in charge of
arrangements.
It takes 17,000 steel cans to
make a one-ton corn; acted bale
for recycling.
J. H. Jeffries
Dies Sunday Os
Wreck Injuries
John Harris (Johnny) Jef
fries, 68, of Mcßae, died Sun
day morning from injuries
received in a truck accident.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 3:00 o’-
clock from the New Hope Bap
tist Church with the Rev.
Eugene Cook officiating.
Burial followed in Telfair
Memorial Gardens with Harris
and Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Dan
Padgett, Joe Tom Jeffries,
Roy Jeffries, Grady McCrim
mon, Hardy Thomas, Jr.,
Curtis Knowles and Floyd
Tribble.
Mr. Jeffries was born in
Telfair County on August 10,
1904, the son of the late
Thomas J. and Mary Kathryn
Yawn Jeffries. He was married
to the late Mae Williams on
July 4, 1931 in Telfair County
and was a member of New
Hope Baptist Church. He was
employed by Telfair Motor
Company before beginning his
own garage in Mcßae. He re
tired In 1971.
Survivors include four sons,
John H. Jeffries, Jr. of Mc-
Rae, Robert K. Jeffries of
LaGrange, James R. Jeffries
and Gene T. Jeffries, U. S.
Navy, Columbia, S. C.; two
daughters, Mrs. Janie Eliza
beth Elton erf Macon, and Mrs.
Kathryn Jeffries Lewis of Mc-
Rae; 10 grandchildren; two
brothers, T. D. Jeffries of
Mcßae, and Plas Jeffries of
Helena; and one sister, Mrs.
Lemma Wallace of Macon.
About Your
Social Security
How old do I have to be to
file for M'Sdlcare? Many
people contact the Dublin
Social Security office to ask
this question. Charles F.
Hall, Branch Manager, states
“A person must be age 65 to
be eligible to file for Medi
care.
Anyone wishing to enroll
should contact their local
social security office in the
three months before the month
they reach age 65.” Mr.
Hall further stated, “Many
people confuse the Medicare
and Medicaid coverage.
Medicare is a program of the
Socall Security Admini
stration and Medicaid is
handled through the Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services.”
If you have a question about
Medicare, Mr. Hall Invites
you to call, write, or visit the
Dublin Social Security Office
located at 114 East Johnson
Street. The telephone number
Is 272-5347.
Q. Is everyone who gets
monthly social security pay
ments eligible for Medicare?
A. No. You must be 65.
If you’re 65 or over and are
entitled to monthly social
security benefits, you are
automatically eligible for
Medicare’s hospital insur
ance. Almost everyone now
reaching 65 can sign up for
the medical insurance part
of Medicare.
Q. I’m 63 and Pm getting
married in 2 months to a man
who’s getting monthly dis
ability checks from social
security. Does this mean I’ll
also receive a check as his
wife after we get married?
A. Probably, but not im
mediately. A woman usually
must wait 1 year after her
marriage to become entitled
to wife’s checks.
Q. I work on a farm and
I sometime get paid in pro
duce, such as m lk, eggs,
and butter. Should this pro
duce be reported as wages
under social security?
A. No. Only cash pay
for farm work counts as
wages under social security.
Samuel T. Hobbs
Graduates From
Job Corps Center
Job Corpsman Samuel T.
Hobbs of Mcßae, graduated
from Breckinridge Job Corps
Center in Morganfield, Ky.,
on September 13.
Corpsman Samuel T.
Hobbs successfully completed
studies in metal trades and
plans a career In the field of
sheet met at
Anyone who has just gra
duated from the School of
Experience and Hard Knocks
knows there were never any
discipline problems on the
Campus
Lewis Island To
Be Set Aside
As Natural Area
In a joint statement issued
recently, the State of Georgia,
the Nature Conservancy and
Georgia-Pacific Corp, an
nounced that Lewis Island, a
6,090 acre wooded island near
the mouth of the Altamaha
River in Mclntosh County will
be preserved in it’s natural
state as a passive recreation
area.
An option has been obtained
by the Nature Conservancy to
purchase the area located
about 17 miles north of Bruns
wick, from Georgia-Pacific.
Plans now call for the option
to be transfered to the state
on or before April 1, 1973.
The property, noted by sci
entists and state officials as
one of the top priorities In
the state, has been valued at
approximately $1 million. The
island will be sold by Georgia-
Pacific for approximately
$457,000.
Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter
praised the action by Georgia-
Pacific and noted that the com
pany had previously worked
closely with the conservancy
in California and along the
Gulf Coast of Florida to pre
serve significant natural
areas. Carter said, ‘‘Georgia-
Pacific continues to occupy
a position ors leadership among
the forest products industry in
it’s sincere effort to preserve
vital segments of the natural
world. They are to be con
gratulated.”
Gov. Carter lauded the
Nature Conservancy for its
continuing work for the state
In helping to set aside critical
lands In Georgia, commenting,
“without the help of the Nature
Conservancy in a number of
instances, the citizens of the
state of Georgia would have
lost segments of their natural
heritage.”
Everett M. Woodman, presi
dent of the Nature Con
servancy, in Atlanta to attend
a meeting of the national or
ganization’s board of gover
nors, said, “Lewis Island has
been singled out in Georgia
for it’s importance as a wild
life refuge and for it’s virgin
Cypress, perhaps the largest
stand remaining in the state.
“The Limpkin, the Missis
sippi kite, the Swallow-tailed
Wheeler County lax
Levy For The Year 1972
GEORGIA, WHEELER COUNTY.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF ROADS AND
REVENUES OF WHEELER COUNTY’, and by the authority of
the same, it is hereby ordered that the Tax Levy in and for
said county for the year 1972 be and is fixed and levied at a
total of 12 mills advalorem tax for county purposes: said tax
to be levied for specific purposes in compliance with Georgia
Law (Ga. Ann. Code 92-3701) as amended to-wit:
1. To pay the expense of administration of the County
Government.
2. To pay the expense of court, and to pay Sheriff’s and
Coroner.
3. To build and maintain a system of County Roads.
4. To build and maintain public buildings and bridges.
5. To Public Health Purposes in said county, and for Vital
Statistics collections and preservation of records.
6. To pay Agricultural Agent and Home Demonstration Agent.
7. To provide for county participation of Department of
Family and Children Services.
8. To pay pensions and other benefits and cost under
Teachers Retirement System of Georgia.
9. To maintain a Public Library.
10. To provide for fire protection of Forest Lands and for
further conservation of natural resources.
11. To pay annual installment and interest on counties portion
of Tax Revaluation Program.
12. To maintain Hospital and provide for medical care and
hospitalization for indigent sick and through the support
of Wheeler County Hospital Authority. (By request and
direction of said Hospital Authority)
13. To the price differential of the required purchase of
County Roads Maintenance Machinery.
TOTAL 12 Mills
BE IT RESOLVED THAT UPON recommendation of the
Wheeler County Board of Education recommends the
following levy to be made for educational purposes for
the year 1972 on all taxable property in said county.
County Wide 18 Mills
Wallace Adams, Commissioner
ATTEST: • °* R° acJs & Revs. Wheeler
Lucille L, Holmes, Clerk County, Georgia
Co. Commissioner,
Wheeler Co. Georgia
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 1972
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Miss Evelyn Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Spencer
of Lumber City, announce the
forthcoming marriage of their
daughter, Evelyn Spencer, to
Willie Lee James, son of
Mrs. Louise James of Lumber
City.
The bride-elect is a
graduate of the Wheeler
County Training School and
received a BS degree in Home
Economic from Savannah
State College and is presently
employed in Savannah.
The future bridegroom is
the grandson of Mrs. Nettle
kite, as well as other birds
and various mammals find
shelter on the island which
represents a living link to
Georgia’s natural history.’’
Georgia-Pacific senior vice
president, H. S. Mersereau,
said “Georgia-Pacific is
pleased to have been able to
assist in the preservation of
Lewis Island. In the East and
W est we look forward to con
tinued cooperation with the
Nature Conservancy that will
result in the preservation of
key natural areas.” Mer
sereau praised Gov. Carter’s
“foresight and wisdom In rec
ognizing the significance and
Ann Griggs of Lumber City,
Mr. James is a graduate ors
Savannah Tech and Is also
presently employed in Sa
vannah.
The wedding will take place
on Sunday, September 24, at
3:30 p.m., at the St. Paul
Baptist Church in Lumber
City. A reception will be given
immediately following the
ceremony at the home of the
bride.
No invitations will be sent.
All friends and relatives are
cordially invited to attend.
unusual beauty of the Lewis
Island ecosystem.”
The Nature Conservancy is
the only natural environmental
organization whose resources
are devoted to the preserva
tion of ecologically and en
vironmentally significant land.
To date the conservancy and
it’s 25,000 members through
out the nation have been
responsible for the setting a
side of some 796 areas in 45
states and the Virgin Islands.
Headquarters for the Nature
Conservancy are in metro
politian Washington, D.C. Re
gional offices are inSan Fran
cisco, Minneapolis, Cincinnati
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and a kilowatt-hour was 5.7 cents.
Now the electricity is 1.8 cents.
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per residential kilowatt-hour.
It’s 20 percent below the national average.
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Sen. Talmadge
Speaks Out On
Ramsey Clark
U. S. Sen. Herman E. Tal
madge, has vigorously de
nounced former U. S. Attorney
General Ramsey Clark, calling
him “the sorriest Cabinet of
ficial in the history of our
Republic.’
The Georgia Senator de
clared that both Clark and
actress Jane Fonda ought to
be strongly prosecuted if they
are in violation of the nation’s
laws against sedition. His de
nunciation of Clark’s and Miss
Fonda’s trip to Hanoi, and their
subsequent anti- American
pronouncements at home and
throughout the world, came
in a taped radio interview
broadcast throughout Georgia
over some 100 radio stations.
“My view is that of Stephen
Decatur, ‘My country right or
wrong.’ But if you cannot say
something good about your
country, you certainly ought
not to go to the home base of
the enemy that is killing
Americans and parrot the
same slogans that they are
using,” Senator Talmadge as
serted.
In the same interview, Sen.
Talmadge said:
--He hoped the Senate would
act favorably on stiff anti
busing legislation adopted by
the House just prior to the
Congressional recess, andthat
if the Senate failed to call up
the House bill, he planned to
offer it as an amendment to
some other legislation.
--He was pleased that his
rural development legislation
has been signed into law by the
President. “The bill did not
go as far as I would like, but
it is the broadest, most com
prehensive bill on rural de
velopment in the history of
this country. . .1 shall con
tinue, of course, to do every
thing I possibly can to streng
then our rural areas and cre
ate job opportunities there.
We wiU never solve the prob
lems of our cities until we
create job opportunities
throughout the country.”